Johann Christian Dorsel was born the third son of 10 children in Westphalia, Germany, to Johann Bernard and Gertrude Marie Dorsel. J.C. Dorsel, made his fortune Flour Milling, grain bartering, and pinhead oatmeal manufacturing. He settled in Covington, Kentucky, in 1854, where for four years he worked as a coach driver for D. H. Holmes. From 1858-1862, he operated the Dorsel House on Washington Avenue, in Covington, Kentucky, a hotel and coffee house. During the Civil War – 1862-1865 he became successful in the dairy business, until in 1867, he found distilling. In 1887 he bought a large farm, and raised and sold tobacco until 1894. During this whole time Mr.Dorsel had been amassing a huge real estate empire in Covington, building and buying houses. He built a huge Italianate mansion in Edgewood, Kentucky that was called the Duddley Mansion, as it was on Duddley Pike. In 1892 he finally found the flour milling business. He started the Dorsel Milling Company, and built a large plant in Newport, Kentucky, on Monmouth and 11 streets, right on the railroad line. This is where our main goetta ingredient, pinhead oatmeal was made for many years, until the third generation moved the operations to Erlanger, Kentucky. Being from Westphalia, Germany, John Dorsel would have been familiar with Knipp, the pork and grain sausage native to the area. So, knowing this delicacy, and being a purveyor of raw oats and corn by the train car load, he came up with the pinhead oat product. Pinhead oats are made from the whole oat kernel before being flattened or rolled, and are significantly cheaper than more highly processed oats. The lower cost made it an affordable product for the lower and middle class German immigrants of Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati. J.C. found a gold mine with unprocessed oats! His "Dottie Dorsel" pinhead oats became the main ingredient for the popular Goetta" recipe. still in use today.
John and his large family were very active members of the St. Joseph Catholic Church up on John's Hill above Covington. He was president of the St. Joseph Orphanage Society from 1878-1880.
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John and his large family were very active members of the St. Joseph Catholic Church up on John's Hill above Covington. He was president of the St. Joseph Orphanage Society from 1878-1880.
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Johann Christian Dorsel was born the third son of 10 children in Westphalia, Germany, to Johann Bernard and Gertrude Marie Dorsel. J.C. Dorsel, made his fortune Flour Milling, grain bartering, and pinhead oatmeal manufacturing. He settled in Covington, Kentucky, in 1854, where for four years he worked as a coach driver for D. H. Holmes. From 1858-1862, he operated the Dorsel House on Washington Avenue, in Covington, Kentucky, a hotel and coffee house. During the Civil War – 1862-1865 he became successful in the dairy business, until in 1867, he found distilling. In 1887 he bought a large farm, and raised and sold tobacco until 1894. During this whole time Mr.Dorsel had been amassing a huge real estate empire in Covington, building and buying houses. He built a huge Italianate mansion in Edgewood, Kentucky that was called the Duddley Mansion, as it was on Duddley Pike. In 1892 he finally found the flour milling business. He started the Dorsel Milling Company, and built a large plant in Newport, Kentucky, on Monmouth and 11 streets, right on the railroad line. This is where our main goetta ingredient, pinhead oatmeal was made for many years, until the third generation moved the operations to Erlanger, Kentucky. Being from Westphalia, Germany, John Dorsel would have been familiar with Knipp, the pork and grain sausage native to the area. So, knowing this delicacy, and being a purveyor of raw oats and corn by the train car load, he came up with the pinhead oat product. Pinhead oats are made from the whole oat kernel before being flattened or rolled, and are significantly cheaper than more highly processed oats. The lower cost made it an affordable product for the lower and middle class German immigrants of Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati. J.C. found a gold mine with unprocessed oats! His "Dottie Dorsel" pinhead oats became the main ingredient for the popular Goetta" recipe. still in use today.
John and his large family were very active members of the St. Joseph Catholic Church up on John's Hill above Covington. He was president of the St. Joseph Orphanage Society from 1878-1880.
Contributor: 48584598
John and his large family were very active members of the St. Joseph Catholic Church up on John's Hill above Covington. He was president of the St. Joseph Orphanage Society from 1878-1880.
Contributor: 48584598
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